Show:
Substance Misuse
Relapse
Drugs (and alcohol)
Triggers
Miscellaneous
100

It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things

What is anxiety?

100
__________ is a return to behavior which has been previously stopped.
What is relapse
100
Beer contains between ___% and ____% alcohol.
What is 2% and 6%
100
You should refer to your _________ often to recognize and avoid triggers
What is relapse prevention plan
100

What are the five food groups in the food guide pyramid?

What is 1) Fruit group and vegetable group 2) Bread, rice, cereal, and pasta 3) Milk and cheese 4) Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts 5) Fats, oils, and sweets

200
Ways that _______ can affect your body include: heart disease, brain damage, digestive problems, liver disease, cancer and breathing disorders.
What is Alcohol
200
Having a _________ in place can reduce the risk of relapse
What is a relapse prevention plan
200
the most commonly used and abused drug, after alcohol, is __________.
What is marijuana
200
When you feel like using, you should ask yourself whether you are H.A.L.T. What does this stand for?
What is hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
200

Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use to abstinence, to meet people who use drugs “_____ ____ ___ __” .

What is "where they are at" ?

300

These changing temporary states of mind can make us feel high, low and everything in between so it is important to be able to regulate these

What are moods?

300
What are two warning signs of relapse?
What is [answers that cover] mental changes, attitude changes, and behavioral changes.
300

___% of Americans with a substance abuse problem starting smoking, drinking or using other drugs before age 18. (50%, 70%, or 90%) 

What is 90%

300

Triggers include: ______, places, events, and objects.

What is people?

300

A characteristic of a Harm Reduction Treatment Program is acknowledging the significance of any  ________ change that people who use substances make in their lives. 

What is positive?

400

When someone has a goal of abstinence, and have reduced their use, they are in the ___________ stage of change. (pre-contemplation, Contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, termination.)

What is the preparation stage?

400

The highest risk period for relapse is ___________ months after treatment.

What is 6-17 months

400

Short term effects of __________ include: clouded mental functioning, nausea and vomiting. Awareness of pain may be suppressed. Pregnant women can suffer spontaneous abortion during w/d from it. Cardiac (heart) functions slow down and breathing is severely slowed, sometimes to the point of death.

What is heroin/opiates?

400

triggers can lead to __________, which can then lead to relapse.

What is cravings?

400
Benefits of _____ include increasing your physical well-being, improving your emotional well-being, improving your mental alertness, improving your sleep, providing you with more energy, and reducing your stress and anxiety
What is exercise
500
What percentage of people who commit suicide have a mental disorder, substance abuse problem or both?
What is 90%
500

(1990's)  Singer of one of the most popular grunge bands in the 1900's shot himself in the head in 1994 at the age 27, addicted to heroin

Who is Kurt Cobain?

500

Something just about everyone needs when overcoming a difficult challenge, because it is so difficult to do it alone

What is support?

500

To be stigmatized is to be held in contempt, shunned or rendered socially invisible because of a socially disapproved status. What are some ways we can combat stigma in our community towards people with substance use disorder?

Avoid using language that doesn't dehumanize, like junkie, crackhead, druggie, wino, etc.                 Speak up; Educating people who might not understand their actions/words are harmful. Share your own experiences with SUD, recovery, and stigma.      Know the facts about drug use; Some people truly do not understand that SUD is a medical diagnosis, and think it is just a lack of willpower to get better. By knowing the facts, you can offer valuable insight that might change peoples' stigmatized views. 

500

(2000's)  This artist was referred to as the King of Pop, died due to complications from prescription drugs in 2009

Who is Michael Jackson?